Definition of permanent undersecretary in English:
permanent undersecretary
(also permanent secretary)
noun
(in the UK) a senior civil servant who is a permanent adviser to a Secretary of State.
Example sentencesExamples
All staff in the audited departments were known by given names, from the Permanent Secretary to the messenger.
The Permanent Secretary pointed to the need for all stakeholders to develop and strengthen collaboration in their foray against environmental degradation.
The Permanent Secretary walked back into the room, looked at his deputy and he said, ‘Everything OK?’
‘Either the Permanent Secretary or the Prime Minister is not telling the truth,’ he intoned ominously.
The current Permanent Secretary has already made a start: widening the pool of recruitment to bring in senior staff with a greater level of expertise.
‘What we want is something which the public wants, is incredibly popular and is free,’ says the Permanent Secretary.
The Permanent Secretary is said to have a close working relationship with the First Minister.
They said their efforts to seek redress from other officials like the Permanent Secretary and the Commissioner had been fruitless.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry in question revealed this at the start of a four-day induction workshop for newly appointed officers of the Ministry.
Don't call the Permanent Secretary when it comes to planning, pray first.
Hard-working, clear-headed and competent, he would have made a fine Permanent Secretary.
And on that first day I'll see the Permanent Secretary.
Would you consider that she should instead invite you to dinner with her Permanent Secretary and three or four senior officials?
I recall that in the 1950s some enterprising spirits asked the Permanent Secretary if some relaxation of this rule could be allowed.
The Permanent Secretary explained that his province has for some time now been working on the tourism investment paper which explains possible tourism investment centers.
The report by the task force instituted by the Permanent Secretary further indicates that 70 reports of crop damage by elephants had been reported between January 1 and February 28.
The Department now has three Ministers in addition to the Lord Chancellor and two Permanent Secretaries.
Several reports have been circulating about sour relationships existing between the present Permanent Secretary and many sporting authorities, local and foreign alike.
I was attending a meeting in Bedford about something utterly mundane when, at noon, I received a call from my Permanent Secretary.
This is precisely where the permanence of Permanent Secretaries triumphs over the necessarily temporary nature of Governments.